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It seems that both Canon andÃ‚Â Nikon are aiming for very high megapixel flagship cameras near the end of 2011, somewhereÃ‚Â in the 35-45 mpx range.

This exceeds original reports of a 32mp sensor inside the 1Ds Mark IV.

Before either of these cameras launch, I suspect both Canon & Nikon will release big megapixel cameras to come above the D700 & 5D Mark II. Think in the 28-32mp range. This would match up with some stuff I’ve been told in the past.

hsmeets

There is a market for 40, 50, 60mpx camera's given that PhaseOne/Mamiya, Hasselblad, Pentax and newcomer Leica are active in DMF (Digital Medium Format). Pentax and Hasselblad seem to have picked up the gauntlet and are trying to win over some of the high-end DSLR customers.

So no surprise here that canon/nikon does not want to let these customers go without a good fight.

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I'm pretty sure with the improvements canon has demonstrated with getting APS-C sensors up to 18 MP with reasonable noise control, that they can get the 5D Mark III sensor up to ~30 MP with reasonable noise control. in terms of sensor-pixel size, I don't think it's actually such a make-or-break difference that they can't account for with new technology.

in terms of a 45 MP flagship ... that I'm really curious about. what has canon developed that's going to allow this camera to deliver the highest quality IQ that's going to be demanded of it?

So you could have a 5Dmk3 with more pixels and probably better noise then 7D.

I'd say definitely better noise performance. Noise is inversely proportional to total light falling on the sensor, and total light falling on the sensor is directly proportional to sensor size. So, a bigger sensor means less noise.

tzalmagor

The more MP on the sensor, the 'sharper' the lenses have to be. There is no Moore's law for lenses, so the price of lenses is going to go up & stay up.

As the variety of EF-S lenses is not very impressive, I think this would mean either Canon will invest in it's EF-S line of lenses, or Canon sales will run into a bricks wall when consumers select a manufacturor making lower resolution sensors with appropriately cheaper lenses, or I'm missing something.

The new EF 8-15mm f/4 lens, which is supposedly the fisheye lens for APS-C sensors, will cost about twice as much the older FF fisheye, I tend to think the first option is wrong.

As the variety of EF-S lenses is not very impressive, I think this would mean either Canon will invest in it's EF-S line of lenses, or Canon sales will run into a bricks wall when consumers select a manufacturor making lower resolution sensors with appropriately cheaper lenses, or I'm missing something.

Most EF-S lenses ar OK optically, some are cheap with a matching construction while other are more expensive with better construction. I can't really see that Canon's EF-S lenses are particulary worse (or better) than the competition. All entry level lenses have som weak areas. And most competitors seem to move to 14MP and 16MP which is fairly close to Canon's 18MP.

The new EF 8-15mm f/4 lens, which is supposedly the fisheye lens for APS-C sensors, will cost about twice as much the older FF fisheye, I tend to think the first option is wrong.

You've just been complaining about poor quality EF-S lenses, then go on to complain about expensive ones. Quality costs, maybe Canon has decided to produce a good one? Anyway, it's a zoom lens, most fisheyes are not. It's not clear which lens you compare it with.